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At the request of a reader, we now take a brief look at two different elements of Iran's integrated air defense system (IADS). Introduction : On May 25 2014, the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Headquarters (aka IRIADF) unveiled two new systems that they reported would soon enter production. [1] These were: 1) The Fakour command-and-control (C2) system, which is responsible for gathering, fusing, and distributing tactical information within the IRIADF's sectors. 2) The Rasool communications system, which is responsible for linking the Matla ul-Fajr radars with other elements of the air-defense network. Fakour : The Fakour is employed as a command-post for fusing and distributing sensor information at the tactical level. This means gathering data from a range of sources, which is reported to include active sources such as military and civilian radars, passive ELINT such as emission-finders, and air-defense units such as SAM batteries. This data is fuzed to produce a unified pictur...

In the fifth part of the 'Basij Organization' series, we now turn to one of the so-called special categories of Basij: the Shahid Shushtari Operating Bases (SSOB) in Iran's restive south-east. The first part in this series covers the Imam Hussein battalions. The second part covers the Beit al-Moqdas battalions. The third part covers the the Semnan province Basij. The fourth part covers the Imam Ali battalions Baluch Basij, pictured during the opening of a base in Qasr-e Qand Index : Index Abbreviations/Acronyms Intro Origin and Development External Organization Internal Organization Appendix: Shahid Shushtari Footnotes / Works Cited Abbreviations/Acronyms : BG – Brigadier General BG2 – Brigadier General, 2nd Class Cmdr - Commander Col. – Colonel HQ – Headquarters IRGC [-GF] – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps [Ground Forces] MG – Major General SM [HQ] – Shahid Mamar [Headquarters] SSOB – Shahid Shushtari Operating Base S&B - Sistan va Baluchistan Intro : Since 2012...